Quinnipiac University conducted the poll between Jan. 5 and Jan. 9, weeks before President Donald Trump issued the recent executive orders, ordering "new vetting measures" to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" out of the United States.

The orders the president signed last week suspend the U.S.'s refugee program for 120 days and single out Syrian refugees as "detrimental to the interests of the United States," ban the issuance of visas to people from Syria until the president feels the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program's vetting process is strengthened, suspends entry for 90 days for immigrants from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen — all Muslim majority nations — and caps the number of refugees from other countries at 50,000 people in fiscal year 2017.